Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat blasts off for adventure and good uplink speeds (video)
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Oh, look at you Europe, with your white Christmas blizzards and your fancy satellites. All proud and bragging as your second internet-beaming vehicle in as many months rockets off into orbital oblivion. Following November’s Hylas 1 is Ka-Sat, using the same spotbeam technology to rain down limited, focused areas of connectivity that are a couple-hundred kilometers across, allowing better management of overall satellite bandwidth. Hylas 1 used its beams to cover areas across the UK and Eastern Europe, while Ka-Sat will cover more areas of Europe and also hit parts of the Middle East. Maximum speeds offered to subscribers will be 10Mbps down, 4Mbps up, but with only 900Mbps on tap total per beam we’re thinking that could get a little slower on Saturday nights. Obligatory countdown and blastoff video below. Continue reading Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat blasts off for adventure and good uplink speeds (video) Eutelsat’s Ka-Sat blasts off for adventure and good uplink speeds (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 09:26:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …The Joys of Winter Cycling: Cold Noses, Pretty Landscapes and Fewer Fellow Bikers
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: joiseyshowaa , used under Creative Commons license. The thing I love about The Guardian’s cycling blog is that it manages to masterfully tread (pedal?) that fine line between the practical and the philosophical. From discussing how to keep your feet warm biking in winter to talking about what you should do if you see a bike thief , ther… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Photo: North Circular The North Circular ‘s chic knits are perfect for current winter temps, but they’re dually suited for cooler spring days and breezy summer nights. We’ve covered the UK-based knitwear label that uses only ethical wool– knitted by grannies, supported by supermodels –from Wensleydale sheep that graze on organic land before, but their most recent collection of soft, cozy knits for spring 2011–now available for men–is oh so crush-worthy: … Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Once one network attached storage manufacturer upgraded to 3TB hard drives , it was only a matter of time before the rest followed suit, and this time it’s Synology’s turn with the DiskStation DS1511+. In case you haven’t done the math already, this particular unit can store up to 15 terabytes of your juiciest secrets across five 3TB hot-swappable drives, and its 1.8GHz dual-core processor and 1GB of memory handles a RAID 5 array capable of speeding that data across a local area network at up to 197 MB / sec read speeds and 165 MB / sec writes. If that capacity isn’t enough to house your plan for world domination and monitor all the IP cameras in your underground volcano lair, the unit can scale up to 45TB with a couple of secondary expansion units, each with five more 3TB drives of their own. Yours for roughly $900 — sans storage — wherever NAS are sold. PR after the break. Continue reading Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood Synology DS1511+ does the 3TB-per-drive dance, backs up most of your neighborhood originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Dec 2010 08:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Long before pedaling himself into mischief, famous monkey took much more harrowing ride when his creators escaped Nazi invasion of France
Continue reading …Blizzards Hit Eastern United States and Caused Travel Chaos – Blizzards have brushed north along the eastern coast of the US. This has forced the cancellation of more than 2,000 flights and disrupting rail and road traffic. The winter storm closed New York airports resulting to thousands of people stranded in a busy post-Christmas travel Blizzards Hit Eastern United States and Caused Travel Chaos is a post from: Daily World Buzz
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Defense minister says tension between Jerusalem, Ankara must be reduced rather than placed ‘at center of Mediterranean picture’. His deputy, Matan Vilnai, voices more stern approach, saying ‘Lieberman’s remarks, as usual, are pitiful and unnecessary’
Continue reading …Community Supported Beer: Cooperative Brewing, Baking and Farming for Local Economies
December 27, 2010 No Comment
Image credit: Topsham Ales Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) has long been a staple of the local/sustainable food scene. More recently, we’ve seen the model applied to everything from a Community Supported Kitchen to a grain-growing… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Oil tycoon found guilty of theft and money laundering charges by court in Moscow Mikhail Khodorkovsky in a Moscow courtroom as a judge reads the verdict in his second trial. Photograph: Tatyana Makeyeva/Reuters A judge declared Mikhail Khodorkovsky guilty of theft and money laundering charges today, a verdict that will likely keep the oil tycoon who was once Russia’s richest man behind bars for several more years….
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Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner says he’s engaged again. Hefner said in a Twitter message early Sunday that he’d given a ring to girlfriend and Playmate Crystal Harris, saying she burst into tears. (Dec. 27)
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